FOOD & NUTRITION
Alinea’s catering provider of choice.
Catering services in our aged care facilities are provided by Cater Care, which has earned a reputation as a leading provider of aged care and retirement contract catering services over the past 25 years.
Cater Care was chosen to provide our catering due to their focus on delivering high-quality, fresh, and delicious food to residents.
Their experienced procurement team is able to acquire produce from suppliers at considerable discounts, depending on a care facility’s location and local market conditions. This purchasing power allows them to consistently offer menus using quality local produce year-round at lower costs, supporting Alinea’s Care Program.
Building positive resident mealtimes
Elderly care residents may face dietary challenges such as reduced appetites, slowing metabolisms, and age-induced dietary restrictions. It’s important that carers and caterers are able to recognise and plan around these needs to ensure nobody goes hungry.
Cater Care’s menu planning prioritises the health and wellbeing of residents without compromising their personal mealtime experience. Their menus are built from a wide pool of individual meals assembled by site teams to satisfy strict nutritional and caloric requirements. These are then compared against the health and demographics of a site’s residents by their in-house dietitians to ensure everyone is properly supported.
Seasonal availability heavily influences meal choice, and Cater Care uses several internal standards to ensure each mealtime offers a range of options to avoid fatigue through repetition. Alternatives are offered as needed to ensure that Alinea’s residents with dietary restrictions may still enjoy a fulfilling mealtime with fellow residents.
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Operational support
Partnering with Cater Care improves Alinea’s financial efficiency by providing us access to their extensive operational support network and comprehensive management system.
Cater Care’s dedicated Aged Care Compliance Manager assists the Alinea team in ensuring that all food-related services remain wholly compliant with the latest standards, without having to budget additional resources to dedicated compliance teams. This allows us to continue offering exemplary care without adding the burden of additional costs to residents.
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The future of our partnership
Choosing to partner with an experienced and professional contract caterer has allowed Alinea to improve our services while maintaining an efficient financial profile. Cater Care’s impeccable culinary standards, extensive industry experience, and focus on continual improvement aligns with our core values of Integrity, Dedication, Development, and Safety, making them the ideal partner for further enhancing our resident experience while preventing costs from rising.
If you have any questions or concerns about Alinea’s catering, please don’t hesitate to reach out to a member of our team.
